Wheelbarrow-tray.



` No. 634,450. Patented 0st. I0, |899. M. V. GAHVER. WHEELBARBQW TRAY.

(Application med Aug. 1e, 1899.1 (No Model.)

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MARTIN V. GARVER, OF BRYAN, OHIO.

f WHEELBARROW-TRAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 634,450, dated October 10, 1899.

Application led August 16, 1899. Serial No. 727,419. (No model.)

ent usually constructed consists of threeV pieces of lumber-to wit, the bottom, the front, and the back. Each of these three pieces is iirst steamed and then bent into such shape that when the three pieces are assembled and secured together they form approximately a concave-convex tray. Among the objections to this form of tray construction are, first, the expense of steaming and forming the boards second, the expense of the lumber employed, as only wide and clear lumber can beused; third, the weakness of construction due to the fact that the curved surfaces of the tray are secured to a frame consisting of straight pieces, thus admitting of onlya slight contact between the tray and the frame; fourth, the fact that the curved or bent tray is not well adapted to receive upon its margin the blow which is delivered to the tray each time the barrow is dumped.

My invention relates to and its object is to provide a wheelbarrow-tray which shall over come the difiiculties and objections here indicated, and more particularly to provide a tray which may be constructed of cheap flat narrow straight pieces without steaming, in which the form of the tray shall conform to the straight pieces forming the frame of the barrow, and in which by my construction the sides of the tray shall be strong and reinforced, so that it may not yield to the shock and jar of striking the tray upon the ground when the barrow is dumped. I attain these objects by means of the devices and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed ,and shown and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, made part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my tray; Fig. 2, a central cross-sectional elevation on line Fig. I; and Fig. 3, a top plan view of the same.

Like numerals of `reference indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

In the drawings, 1 l are. the bottom boards of my tray. These boards are flat rectangular pieces of any desired width and of suitable length placed side by side. The bottom boards are secured in fixed relation to each other by means of triangular blocks 2 2, placed across the ends of the boards 1 and upon their upper sides. The blocks and the bottom boards are secured together by means of stout nails or screws 3. The tops of the blocks slope gradually upward from the tray and form sides for the tray to prevent the lateral escape of its contents.

The triangular block 2 instead of being made of an integral piece is preferably formed of two or more pieces of board, as illustrated in Fig. 2. This construction utilizes small pieces of wood, which would otherwise be wasted. Moreover, the block being thus constructed in sections the continuity of fissures and Weather-cracks is arrested.

The margins of the bottom boards and the lends of the blocks 2 are beveled in the same plane, as illustrated in Fig. l.. To one of these beveled surfaces is secured the front 4 `or that part of the tray which is nearest the wheel, and to the other beveled surface is secured the back piece 5 of the tray or that part which is nearest the operator. The un der side of the bottom 1 and the lower margin of the front and back are disposed in the same plane. The front and back are secured in place by nails or screws passing through these parts into the ends of the triangular pieces 2 and into the margins of the bottom 1. My tray is now ready to be applied to the frame.

It will be seen from the dotted lines in Fig. l that the bottom of the tray is adapted to be secured to the handle-bars of a wheelbarrow and that the contact between the bottom and the handle-bars is continuous, both parts be-A ing straight. It will also be seen that for the .same reason the front et and the back 5 rest squarely against the tray-braces of the wheelL barrow. It will also be seen that when the barrow is tipped to the right or to the left, the side of the tray striking against the'earth to discharge its load, the point of the tray which receives the blow is so reinforced by the triangular blocks 2 that the tray is not injured thereby.

Having described my invention, what I elaim, and desire to secure by Letters latent, is-

l. A whoelbarrow-tray comprising a bottom eolnposed of one or more Hat reetangulail pieces, sides consisting of blocks or pieces, triangular in eross-seetion, disposed upon and transversely to the ends of the bottom piece, a front consisting of a ilat pieee and a back consisting of a fiat piece and means for securing the bottom pieces, the triangular pieces and the front and back in fixed relation to eaeh other.

2. In a Wlleelbarrow-tray, a Hat rectangular bottom having its front and rear margins beveled, sides for the tray consisting of pieces triangular in cross-section, and having their ends beveled in the same planes as said rstmentioned bevels, a flat front, a flat back, and means for securing said front and back to said beveled portions of the bottom and 2o sides.

MARTIN V. GARVER.

In presence of- W. H. LANE, R. L. STARR. 

